The Nigerian
Communications Commission (NCC) has acted in national interest on the issue of
data price increase, the Senate Committee on Communications has said.
The Committee, which visited the NCC
headquarters in Abuja yesterday as part of it oversight functions, said
Nigerians should see the commission as being on their side on the issue of data
price increase.
Senator Solomon
Olamilekan (Lagos West) who spoke on behalf of the Committee members said the
NCC had taken some commendable steps to sanitize the telecom industry and the
data price hike was one of them.
He said “Each
time we invited the leadership of the agency to the National Assembly, they
honoured our invitation and responded to our inquiries, particularly during the
MTN issue, and of recent the data price floor. They have acted in national
interests and Nigerians see NCC as being on their side.”
While receiving
members of the Committee, the Commission’s Executive Vice Chairman, Professor
Danbatta, said unless the issues regarding the data price floor are resolved,
it remains a whirlwind that would not do anybody any good.
He said it is
imperative that all stakeholders agreed on appropriate price floor on data for
the good of the industry, noting that a proper cost-based study would be
carried out shortly to determine price floor.
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